The die makers put a punch on a steel plate. They then put keys butted up next to the punch and screwed them in. They took the punch off and wanted me to cut keyseats into the plate. There were about 12 keys there. What i s the best way to pick up these keys that is accurate? An edgefinder is ou t of the question, because you cannot come in on a tangent since the keys, their angles are all over the place. The only way that I can think of is t o scribe a line around the keys, take the cutter, or better yet a pointer, and point out the coordinates and program minus cutter radius. A couple of thou out of whack should be OK. It's important that the one side of the k ey butts up against the punch in order to keep punch location. Any other i deas about how to pick up these keys? The die makers didn't like my work m uch which pissed me off. I picked up using a pointer. They expected every thing to be within a thou. A tight fitting key, and a tight location. Ve ry tight. By eye.
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9 years ago